Salvadoran Leader Meets With U.n. Chief

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December 30, 1991

UNITED NATIONS — Salvadoran President Alfredo Cristiani met Sunday with Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar to discuss U.N.-mediated talks to resolve El Salvador's 12-year-old civil war. Cristiani arrived in New York earlier Sunday at the request of Perez de Cuellar and of rebels of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, or FMLN, who have been discussing formulas for peace with a Salvadoran government delegation. His trip immediately brightened hopes that the peace talks could conclude quickly with a permanent cease-fire agreement. The rebels had demanded that Cristiani attend the talks, saying his influence with the government team was needed for a breakthrough.